“Feels great whenever you reach a goal” – Astros’ Dusty Baker becomes first Black manager to win 2,000 games in MLB
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Houston Astros’ Dusty Baker became the first Black manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) history to complete 2,000 career wins on Tuesday night. This iconic feat came after his side defeated the Seattle Mariners 4-0 at Minute Maid Park in Texas.
The former Californian outfielder Baker is the 12th manager to win 2,000 career games. Talking about the previous 11 to accomplish the feat, 10 are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame while the other, Bruce Bochy, is not yet eligible.
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“It feels great whenever you reach a goal,” said Baker, sitting in his postgame press conference next to a bottle of champagne, “I didn’t really have this goal until, I don’t know, four or five years ago, when I realized I had a chance.”
“I think about Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson, who helped me a lot, Bill Walsh, all the general managers and owners I’ve had, whether they fired me eventually or not,” Baker said, as quoted by CNN.
“It added to my perseverance and determination and faith”
Baker, whose managerial career has spanned 25 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals and the Astros, clinched his maiden win in the League on April 6, 1993, when the Giants won in St. Louis against the Cardinals. The 78-year-old’s first win was All five teams that he has managed to advance to the postseason.
“It just sort of added to my perseverance and determination and faith. I’ve also got to thank my detractors for giving me the motivation to go on because there were a lot of people that doubted me in the beginning when I first got the job with no experience, a lot of them doubted me even though I was winning.”
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